George upson



- (No Model.)

G. UPSON.

CUF? HOLDER.

N0.584,907. y y Patented June22,1897.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE UPSON, OF PEMBERTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO I'IOVARDBALLINGER, OE SAME PLACE.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,907, dated. June22, 1897.

Application tiled T 11e l, 1896. Serial No, 593,735. (No model.)

Be it known that I, GEORGE UPSON, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Pemberton, in the county of Burlington and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in OuffHolders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in cufrholders, andhas for its object to provide a device of this description which shallbe easy of manufacture, cheap in cost, and when applied will securelyhold a cuff in place.

With these ends in View my invention consists in the details ofconstruction and com` bination of elements hereinafter set forth,andthen specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction and operation in detail, referring to the accompanyingdrawing, forining part of this speciiication, in which I have shown inperspective a hook embodying my invention, which consists in forming thetwo diverging hooks I from sheet metal, The iigure thus formed has thegeneral shape of a Y with the arms turned back. With the bod y portionof these arms is formed a housing J by turning the end of said bodyupward and then backward parallel with the body. In this housing aresecured the wire hooks K, so arranged that they may be turned upon theiraxes,thus adapting them for engagement with either the coat-sleeve orshirt-sleeve, and yet bringing the hooks I into proper position forengaging the buttonhole of a cuff.

In applying the holder the hooks K are engaged with the coat-sleeve fromthe inside at a proper distance from the edge of the sleeve, 4o or, asbefore described, these hooks may be turned on their axes to engage theshirtsleeve. The cuff is then attached to the holder by pressing thehooks I toward each other and then hooking them in the button- 45 holeof the cuff and-then releasing them, permitting them to spring outwardby reason of the resiliency of the material of which they are composed.

It will be seen from the above that the cuff 56 cannot be accidentallymisplaced and will at all times be held in the proper relative positionto the sleeve.

Slight modifications might be made without departing from the spirit ofmy invention. 55 Therefore I do not wish to be limited to the 'exactdesign here shown.

GEORGE UPSO-N.

W'itnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMSON, ALLIsoN W. MCCURDY.

